Now we’re Tolkien! One does not simply become one of the most popular fantasy worlds of all time without inspiring a video game or two. Middle Earth plays host to a multitude of games from humble text adventures to vast, sprawling MMOs, and they show no signs of slowing, with a new instalment just on[…]

Time to pay tribute to those who carried the weight of a company on their shoulders. Ever play that game Jenga? I’m sure you probably have, and even if you haven’t’, it’s not very hard to explain. A tall stack of rectangular wooden blocks are stacked one atop the other, forming a massive tower of anxiety[…]

So many delays, so many games announced for 2015. But these 25 games are still arriving in 2014. Thank the gaming gods! 2014 is well over halfway through, and yet any gamer who’s been paying attention for the last 20 years knows that the best is yet to come. This fall’s loaded release schedule will[…]

It was inevitable that video games and comic book superheroes – two of the most beloved hobbies of children young and old – would cross paths, and ever since the first hero or villain was adapted into pixel form, comic fans have been lining up to see these icons in action. Unfortunately, not all of[…]

Video games can stir many emotions in players, from the jubilation felt after defeating a final boss to the frustration of reaching a point that seems impossible to pass. Few feelings in gaming are better than the excitement that comes with getting to use some type of bad-ass weaponry to slay your foes. Whether it’s a standard-issue piece of[…]

Over the many courses of Mario Kart’s twenty-two-year circuit, almost nothing has been more important than the items. Sure, the characters are cool and the tracks give the game some flavor, but it’s always been the items that make or break a Mario Kart release. A few times they’ve been fairly balanced, giving the game[…]

Now you’re playing with (really horrible) power Video games frequently work as excellent power-fantasies. But thankfully, they play up the ‘fantasy’ side of that equation. You see while many (in fact almost all) super-powered video game abilities look like they’d be awesome to have, if transferred to real life, a lot of them would actually[…]

Children and adolescents who spend less than an hour playing video games on school days are “better adjusted” than those who don’t play video games, according to a study by Oxford University. Dr. Andrew Przybylski surveyed 5,000 young people 10-15 years old, 75 percent of whom said they play video games every day. Questions for Electronic[…]

Releases this week are: Transcendence for DVD/Blu-Ray and Hercules in theaters. Transcendence Release Date: July 22, 2014 | Warner Bros. Pictures| Rating: PG-13 | DVD/Blu-Ray Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known[…]

Microsoft may cut as many as 18,000 jobs in the next year, CEO Satya Nadella announced today in an email to employees. According to the CEO, the majority of the cuts will affect the Nokia Devices and Services division, which Microsoft acquired in September 2013. “The first step to building the right organization for our ambitions[…]